Mastiff_mama

This month is out 37th anniversary! I'm holding out for a new set when I reach my goal! :-)

Haha' date=' I know!! They were flying off my finger though. Plus side, the stones got tightened and it is sparkles line crazy!

We all got in this mess by handling other issues incorrectly right? It might be different for everyone so why is it so hard to believe we will get out if it a little different too? Most of our doctors have different ideas on what stages we go to and how fast, etc. the reason they do not all agree is because they have all had different patients with different results. So do what your doctor tells you. If you can't seem to break a stall or want to try something that helped someone else- more power to you. If you want to eat around your sleeve (which I really hope not) then it is still your choice. No one here is your mom or your doctor. I do think some of these posts that are being negative are just concerned. Maybe they have been there and trying to help. Their scolding may not help you but if it helps someone from falling off the wagon then go them. Above all I am just a slow loser who wants to do the best I can and like all the advice I have seen. Sometimes I think how crazy someone people are just skip over their posts. That's just me and my 2 cents

I know why I'm slow now and why I am getting a Rny in June. Long story short I need the Rny for the metabolic reset. 6 months only down 35 lbs and not lost weight for 12 weeks and 14 weeks for inches. It is so true that everyone is Different and we all work in odd different ways. After more test then I can count and doing my best and seeing Countless number of specialists I'm ok with knowing why and how to fix it.

I had a TT after kids at 49 but then gained 100 pounds. I have lost 80 and my belly is flat as a board. If you care for your belly with cocoa butter and Vitamin e you hould be fine

mastiff, yes i am how did you guess? yep we are all apples pears and bananas lol. and i bet you have cute legs. :wub:

Best decision I ever made. I am 5'7 and sleeved on 10-7-2011 and started out a size 24 and am now a size 10 and maintaining.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that explains why it came out so thick lol

I just found out the plastic surgeon is planning in removing part/most of my mons pubis when he does my corset trunkplasty. I thought mine wasn't that bad o_0
I am glad he will be fixing it at the same time, I wouldn't have realized it was a problem until after he removed my big a$$ apron. I haven't seen my va jay jay in so long, I couldn't identify her in a line up!

Oh no it's upside down, don't know how to fix it. Poo

Pear shaped that's me! My hips and arse ain't moving...
My name is Tamara and I am a slow loser
LMAO! My doc thinks I am on target and that is all that matters. We are on the sleeve forum not the bypass forum! I don't know why there is a belief that we are slow! The sleeve produces slower results. Not everyone will get to goal in 6 months and I be damned to feel like a failure! I had to step away from the forum to regroup and realize that I am an individual. This journey is different for us all.
We GOT this!!!! Hail to the "slow" losers!!!!

Try on something that used to be too tight! At 2 weeks I stopped losing and didn't lose for two weeks! I tried on a pair of jeans that never fit and they did! I measured the biggest part of my stomach and it was 4 inches smaller! You're losing even if not pounds! Keep your chin up!

Lol food porn!

Agree! I really thought this would be easier than it is but I was sure wrong about that.
And a frozen margarita would make me extremely happy:)

I'm afraid I'd end up with a goatee I have so much extra skin! LOL

Im 5 days post op and I sort of feel this way. I say sort of because its beginning to subside. I tend to adjust to situations pretty quickly and because I had already been mentally preparing myself for the idea that I'd essentially be starving myself for about a month, so I was as ready as one could be for self torture. I'd also been through 3 c-sections so I knew what the pain and recovery would be like..its actually been easier if I'm really comparing the two. I miss eating and with a husband and three children who I don't expect to eat all their meals out, cooking is like seeing an ex who broke up with you. You still want it even though he's no good for you :-) Overall though I am content with my decision. It was more than necessary and I see changes less than a week out. Being on here and youtube videos are a great way to stay motivated. I hope for you the best and all the greatest success. Happiness is only a few weeks away Im sure :-)

We went to our son's house this weekend to meet our new granddaughter about 8 hours away. We ate every meal out, I did pack some Snacks. I was afraid to get on the scale this morning. I kept praying please, no more than 2 pounds...I lost!!! I was so surprised!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!!!